Friday, January 31, 2014

Vegetables

Beans:
Legumes of many varieties. Same as the Earth variety.
Cabbages:
Same as the Earth variety.
Carrots:
Same as the Earth variety.
Corn:
Similar to the Earth variety.
Garlic:
Same as the Earth variety.
Katch:
A foliated leaf vegetable, similar to lettuce.
Kes:
The salty blue secondary root of the kes shrub can be eaten and is a primary ingredient in sullage, a type of Gorean soup.
Kort:
A large, brownish-skinned, sphere-shaped vegetable with a thick skin, usually six inches in width. It has a yellowish interior that is fibrous and heavily seeded. Similar to an Earth squash. It is often served with melted cheese and nutmeg.
Mushrooms:
Same as the Earth variety.
Olives:
Are commonly from the City of Tor, referred to as Torian olives. There are also red olives which come from the groves of Tyros.
Onion:
Same as the Earth variety.
Peas:
Same as the Earth variety.
Peppers:
Hot peppers are found in the Tahari and used in cooking. Goreans enjoy spicy foods. Bell peppers may also be found, though there is no reference to them.
Radishes:
There are two types of radish, a sphere shaped version and a cylinder shaped variety. These are a common vegetable that is the same as the Earth varieties.
Rence Pith:
A reed-like water plant whose stem center is edible, either raw or cooked. Rence pith and fish are the dietary staples of the rence growers.
Sul:
Starchy, golden brown, yellow-fleshed, vine-borne fruit and a principal ingredient in sullage. It is a tuberous vegetable similar to the potato and often served sliced and fried. There is a root variety, as well. It is a staple of the Gorean diet.
Sullage:
A common Gorean soup consisting of three standard ingredients, suls, tur-pah and kes, and whatever else may be found.
Turnip:
Grown on the oases of the Tahari. Turnips are also an import to the Tahari region. This vegetable is the same as the Earth variety.
Tur-pah:
A vine-like tree parasite with curled, scarlet, ovate leaves that are edible and an ingredient of sullage, a Gorean soup.
Vangis:
Type of produce sold at market. No other description has been found.

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